Comments on: Santangelo online fund tops $4,600

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:59:43 +0000

Why put yourself in someone’s shoe, you sound like the riaa. that’s terrible.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:58:08 +0000

copyright sucks. it infringes on our freedom to share music with others. it’s like the own you, it’s slavery. that’s why the world is so corrupt today, freedom is a misuse word to describe even censorship. there’s not even free speech.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:53:48 +0000

that’s not much, hope she can get a lot more then this. she may not beat them at their own game but she will at least be happy with a lot of money.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:49:51 +0000

Very good point. The money should be administered by an auditing firm that will ensure that every cent is put into the bank and accounted for, especially when payment is due for attorny fees…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:49:31 +0000

Very good point. The money should be administered by an auditing firm that will ensure that every cent is put into the bank and accounted for, especially when payment is due for attorny fees…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:55:08 +0000

The fund is not growing faster because no-one will provide proof that the money is going to go to Patti Santangelo, or that she endorses the appeal, or indeed is even aware of it.

I know that’s why I am holding out.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:01:40 +0000

just cranked past $5000 this minute

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:05:44 +0000

Cant believe this fund isnt growing faster. Millions of people have benefited from p2p – yet only a couple of hundred donations. If patti wins, then that may set a president. And US law effects the rest of the world.

P.S.
Is this story available in other languages?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:23:18 +0000

A video from patti would certianly allay some peoples concerns about where their donations are ending up. I don;t understand why Patti herself is not promoting the Fight Goliath paypal donation fund.

I watched the video you mentioned and thought it was very informative.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:43:30 +0000

I won’t post a link to my video again, but my intentions were to help Mrs. Santangelo and to promote progress towards a better solution.

Did you think it wasnt done well enough to be put on P2Pnet? Did you think I was trying to get attention myself through it or did you not appreciate my prediction of future market consumption of broadband?

Well please be dont delete this post without giving one of the readers of your website a fair and honest answer. I did work hard on that video, though all on my admissions.

Thank You,
Ryan Spahn

P.S. Maybe you could get Mrs. Santangelo to make a quick video acknowledging that the money donated is needed and appreciated!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:03:22 +0000

basic economics. the value of something is set by the marketplace, in this case consumers. if consumers refuse to pay a particular price for a product then the product is overpriced. the regular response for a company is to readujst it’s pricing or distribution policies to compensate. The Price IS too expensive and that has been determined by the public.

I build computers. if I feel my computers and services are worth 2,000 dollars each but the public refuses to pay it then I don’t care how much I justify the price. it’s not worth it. I’d be sitting alone in my store with no customers and a bunch of overpriced computers.

Rick

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:54:42 +0000

So simpleizgood@aol.com is actually Patti’s email address?

Did she set up the paypal account?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:12:59 +0000

That article #7511 contains a message signed from Patti Santangelo. It was quoted from an email sent to all donors from the very same AOL email address that the Fight Goliath PayPal account is being given money to. I received the email 2006-01-05 at 01:36 GMT.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:55:37 +0000

I’m sorry but I must be missing something in the post you linked to. I cannot see any reference to the Fight Goliath appeal in patti’s message. All she does is thank someone for their support, there is no mention of any appeal or any financial support. How do we know that p2pnet is not just putting spin on the message and making it look like it relates to the appeal.

So I ask again:

Does Patti herself endorse the Fight Goliath appeal?

Not a difficult question really.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:51:25 +0000

—Why do none of the quotes from Patti ever mention the “Fight Goliath” appeal? —

You missed this post, among others: http://p2pnet.net/story/7511

In it Patti says: “The support that you have given me reminds me that I am not alone with how I feel about these lawsuits and I cannot thank you enough for that. I was recently at a point that I thought it just did not matter what I believed and that the laws were not going to be on my side. It was the positive response from all of you that changed my mind about giving up. Thank you for all of your support.”

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:46:50 +0000

It’s being done : )

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:25:56 +0000

Well … does she?

Why do none of the quotes from Patti ever mention the “Fight Goliath” appeal?

All I want to know before I donate is:

Does Patti Santangelo herself endorse the Fight Goliath appeal?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:44:47 +0000

“Everyone who’s downloaded from the p2p networks would gladly and willingly pay for their music, and hundreds of millions of people do – but not to the corporate labels. They refuse to be ripped off for a dollar and more, if the labels get their way, for digital files that simply aren’t worth $1, or anything near it.”

Well I disagree somewhat with that. I tend to buy full albums in the form of CDs once I discover a group I like, but there are other songs that I have downloaded which I wouldn’t buy. Yet if filesharing were totally impossible I wouldn’t have bought those tracks anyways.

Filesharing is not about economics but about music lovers who share their music with their friends online. I think that is a right which outweighs copyright.

I am concerned when people use economic arguments to support filesharing, by saying that CDs are too expensive. Such arguments are unjustifiable because it is hard to dispute the value of something. How much is an ounce of gold really worth, or how much is a work of art worth, for example.